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boundary turned toward Ramah and the fortress of Tyre, where
it turned toward Hosah and came to the Mediterranean Sea. The
territory also included Mehebel, Aczib, Ummah, Aphek, and
Rehob—twenty-two towns with their surrounding villages.
The homeland allocated to the clans of the tribe of Asher included these
towns and their surrounding villages.
The sixth allotment of land went to the clans of the tribe of Naphtali.
Its boundary ran from Heleph, from the oak at Zaanannim, and
extended across to Adami-nekeb, Jabneel, and as far as Lakkum,
ending at the Jordan River. The western boundary ran past Aznoth-
tabor, then to Hukkok, and touched the border of Zebulun in the
south, the border of Asher on the west, and the Jordan River on the
east. The fortified towns included in this territory were Ziddim, Zer,
Hammath, Rakkath, Kinnereth, Adamah, Ramah, Hazor, Kedesh,
Edrei, En-hazor, Yiron, Migdal-el, Horem, Beth-anath, and Beth-
shemesh—nineteen towns with their surrounding villages.
The homeland allocated to the clans of the tribe of Naphtali included
these towns and their surrounding villages.
The seventh allotment of land went to the clans of the tribe of Dan.
The land allocated as their homeland included the following
towns: Zorah, Eshtaol, Ir-shemesh, Shaalabbin, Aijalon, Ithlah,
Elon, Timnah, Ekron, Eltekeh, Gibbethon, Baalath, Jehud, B
ene-
berak, Gath-rimmon, Me-jarkon, Rakkon, and the territory across
from Joppa.
But the tribe of Dan had trouble taking possession of their land,
so they attacked the town of Laish. They captured it, slaughtered its
people, and settled there. They renamed the town Dan after their
ancestor.
The homeland allocated to the clans of the tribe of Dan included these
towns and their surrounding villages.
After all the land was divided among the tribes, the Israelites gave a piece
of land to Joshua as his allocation. For the Lord had said he could have any
town he wanted. He chose Timnath-serah in the hill country of Ephraim.
He rebuilt the town and lived there.
These are the territories that Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the
tribal leaders allocated as grants of land to the tribes of Israel by casting